, 1887-03-03

EVeTyDOuy contemplating DullU-
ing is anxiously looking for spring.
Building operations will commence
several months earlier this season
than last, and will foot up to great
er amount In the aggregate.
The opening of the Arlington
hotel next Tuesday evening will be
a social event that will eclipse any
thing undertaken this season. The
ball will lie at the opera house, while
supper will be served at the hotel.
The two prisoners who were Jug
ged Thursday night again after es.
Gaping from Jail, were safe enough
this morning. They are ironed
hand and foot, and would find 1t diff.
ficult travelling even II once outside
the walls Of the crib.
1t is reported that j. N. Squier
cOntemplates remodelling the old
N. p. Hotel, at the corner of Main
and Mill streets, and building an ad-
dition making the structure a hand.
some looking affair on the outside
and equally as attractive on the in
side. II this work Is done Spokane
will have three very large hotels.
Thursday s. FL. Greene, late of
VI noLos Oh WIG ACCOhthAohuoeAou VI
s. G. Hyde, was admitted to prac-
in chambers, on diploma from the
admission to the supreme courts of
Iowa and Greg on. Mr.. Greene pro.
poses to take up his residence in this
city.
The attention of the taxpayer is
called to tile fact that city taxes will
be delinquent after next Monday.
Those who have failed to pay this
little Indebtedness, which cannot be
lodged, should make 1t q point to.
day or Monday of stepping up to the
treasurer's Office and settling. 1t
will save expenses to attend to this
matter.
The first hard work that the city
council should indulge in Is the con-
structiOn of q substantial town jail.
Something of the kind will have to
be built this spring. Even in the
event of the construction OF county
Jail, the city cannot get along with
out station house. for the county
Jail will be too far out of town for
city prisoners. The expense of
conveyance for year would be more
than the fines come to.
y The dramatic company failed to
reach here Friday. Stuttz has had
the bad luck to run into snow block
AIDES ut every move. The troupe was
yesterday showed in ut ColfaX, and
did not know when it would get here.
Ii Is the intention to give one or more
entertaiEm ments in this city some
time in the future, but just exactly
when IL not known. Due notice
will be given when the troupe
reaches here just what the COM
pany proposes TO do in the way of
performances.
The Unique dancing club has out
invitations for another of those EN-
joyable balls given under the aus
pices Of that society, which takes
place in the third story of Moore's
new building this evening.
d. T. Stuart, an old time sub
scriber and resident Of Colville, is In
the city on his way to Port Town
send. His wife accompanied him to
the Falls, and will remain here un-
til Mr.. Stuarts return from the
west.
Elsewhere is published an article
on smelters from the Oregonian.
There is no fears entertained here
that any smelters that can be built
on tide water will ever swallow up
an industry of the kind once estab-
lished here. On the contrary, being
so near the mines with an assurance
of competing railroad this summer,
n smelter here would swallow up all
the others that could be built on the
upper coast. ........ ....,.....
Just after the recent Canadian
elections the natives of British
Columbia in this city-aud there are
many of them--were greatly excited
over the result. or course there are
representatives Of both factions here,
and both sides felt confident OF the
success of their party. Before any
definite news OF the returns had
been received Mai. Bolster wrote
out dispatch, giving the liberals a
working majority In the dominion
parliament. This was shown to q
liberal, who at once sought out
those OF his own views and they had a
great c0ngratulatory eeance over the
news. While so engaged Billy Will
son, conservative, who had been
given the tip, accidently dropped In.
He was overwhelmed with the news
of the defeat OF his party, but still
had so much confidence that there
was mistake that he expressed q
willingness to wager few sinners
on the election. He was at once tax.
en- up. The liberals were so happy
in the meantime that they "carried
the news to Mary" and everybody
else Of the great victory of the liber-
ais. They fell down hard next day
when the result of the election ap.
peared in the press dispatches. They
also got on to the joke played them
by Maj. Bolster, but the affair was
taken good naturedly and the coin
lost and won on the wager was
squandered in an oyster supper in
which all the boys participated.
From Sundays Paper.
ChinoOking for certain.